Ursula von der Leyen’s tenure as the European Commission president has been the “worst” in years due to her “warmongering” and insensitive handling of migration, the president of the Party of European Left, Walter Baier, told Euractiv, confirming that the party is against her possible second term.
The National Communications Authority (NCA), Ghana’s telecoms regulator, cautioned the general public Dec. 7 against using services purported to be from Starlink following reports of equipment being sold and operated in the country....
Africa will be a huge market for Starlink I think.
Regarding the fee, probably the seller concerning the sale of the terminal. But Starlink would have to provide a contract, so they could be liable as well. Depends who the contract party is - in this case I suppose it is an abroad address. That should be easy to fix for Starlink by geoblocking for now
I guess the reason it works at all right now is due to RV type mobile contracts
All of the people who can afford it live in cities that have perfectly good internet.
I think this generalization is far from valid
You’re assuming US prices, Starlink can go cheaper and they have shown they will do market specific pricing
South Africa is one example where there are plenty of areas outside big cities where people could afford it
Starlink doesn’t have to be ordered by individuals. Smaller rural communities could have a shared terminal
This is assuming it’s not cheaper/faster to just use mobile service, which has had great adoption in Africa and will probably be true in a lot of areas as you noted. Still, there’s a ton of people in Africa and a lot of area to cover. I think there is a good market there for Starlink
A group of hackers has discovered that the rail vehicle manufacturer Newag intentionally caused train malfunctions to secure contracts for their repair. According to Rzeczpospolita, this information comes from a group of hackers known as Dragon Sector, hired by railway companies in Poland and specializing in IT security on an...
After a two-month analysis, the hackers revealed that Newag intentionally interfered with the software of the trains, causing forced malfunctions to secure lucrative contracts for their repair. They immobilized trains by implementing logic that prevented them from moving if stationary for more than ten days. Additionally, some trains had a “safeguard” preventing them from moving from specific locations in Poland, including service halls of competing companies.
I hope they get sued into bankruptcy, this type of behavior is despicable
Nach zähen Verhandlungen zwischen den Unterhändlern der Mitgliedsstaaten hat sich die Europäische Union auf ein Regelwerk für den Einsatz von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) geeinigt. EU-Binnenmarktkommissar Thierry Breton gab den Durchbruch am späten Freitagabend mit den Worten: „Historisch! Die EU wird der allererste...
Der Gesetzesentwurf des Parlaments sah ein Verbot für KI-Anwendungen wie eine automatisierte Gesichtserkennung vor. Die EU-Staaten beharrten aber auf Ausnahmen zum Schutz der nationalen Sicherheit, zur Verteidigung und für andere militärische Zwecke.
Die nun erzielte Einigung sieht Beschränkungen für die Nutzung biometrischer Identifizierungssysteme durch die Strafverfolgungsbehörden vor.
Musk “picked” the wrong fighting grounds here. I’m pretty sure he will lose even at the supreme court eventually. And each day this drags on is a win for the unions
I once collaborated with an exceptionally talented programmer who seemed so engrossed in his addiction that he would invent challenges where there were none, presumably to make his work more engaging and bearable. However, this often led to incomplete projects because once the stimulating aspects were finished, he struggled to find the motivation to continue. Clearly, this behavior was extreme and detrimental.
You should only pay full price if the release quality is great. And even then, there’s a reason why #patientgamers is a trend. You save on hardware cost, game cost & get better quality games with extra post release content
“In the design plans for the system, the word ‘main’ was used inconsistently between the device that sends the electric signals, and the device that receives the signals,” NASA said in a written statement. "On the signal side, ‘main’ meant the main parachute. In contrast, on the receiver side ‘main’ was used as a reference to a pyrotechnic that fires to release the parachute canister cover and deploy the drogue.
“Engineers connected the two mains, causing the parachute deployment actions to occur out of order,” NASA said.
They are fighting a war of attrition, that will last for years until Russia yields
You are forgetting next year’s US elections, unfortunately. But if that doesn’t go the wrong way, the Vietnam scenario is indeed somewhat realistic, with the difference that Ukraine is a lot closer to Russia than Vietnam was to the US
Terrestrial Vertebrate Biomass (lemmy.ml)
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German prosecutors indict 27 people in connection with an alleged far-right coup plot (apnews.com)
[Norwegian] Commercial Ship In Flames After Red Sea Missile Attack (www.thedrive.com)
Russian opposition leader Navalny missing from prison, says his team (www.cnn.com)
'Warmongering' EU Commission boss must leave post, European Left chief says (www.euractiv.com)
Ursula von der Leyen’s tenure as the European Commission president has been the “worst” in years due to her “warmongering” and insensitive handling of migration, the president of the Party of European Left, Walter Baier, told Euractiv, confirming that the party is against her possible second term.
Russia continues assaults along entire front, warns Ukraine (www.euronews.com)
Python 3.11.7 is now available (pythoninsider.blogspot.com)
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Ghana warns against illegal Starlink services (spacenews.com)
The National Communications Authority (NCA), Ghana’s telecoms regulator, cautioned the general public Dec. 7 against using services purported to be from Starlink following reports of equipment being sold and operated in the country....
Newag accused of deliberate train malfunctions for profit (www.voiceofeurope.com)
A group of hackers has discovered that the rail vehicle manufacturer Newag intentionally caused train malfunctions to secure contracts for their repair. According to Rzeczpospolita, this information comes from a group of hackers known as Dragon Sector, hired by railway companies in Poland and specializing in IT security on an...
One After Another, Russia Blocks Candidates to Host Next Climate Summit (www.nytimes.com)
Einigung auf EU-Regeln für KI (orf.at)
Nach zähen Verhandlungen zwischen den Unterhändlern der Mitgliedsstaaten hat sich die Europäische Union auf ein Regelwerk für den Einsatz von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) geeinigt. EU-Binnenmarktkommissar Thierry Breton gab den Durchbruch am späten Freitagabend mit den Worten: „Historisch! Die EU wird der allererste...
Europa clipper could help discover if Jupiter's moon is habitable (phys.org)
Finnish union will be part of Swedish strike against Tesla (www.marketscreener.com)
Tesla loses legal action in Sweden as dispute with Nordic unions escalates (www.theguardian.com)
Coding Addiction: How Programming Affects Your Brain (medium.com)
The Price is Wrong, Bob: Only a third of PC gamers pay full price (www.techspot.com)
Crossed wires led to high drama as NASA returned asteroid samples to Earth (arstechnica.com)
Is it all over for the EU-Mercosur free trade deal? (www.dw.com)
A group of Norwegian unions says it will act against Tesla in solidarity with its Swedish colleagues (abcnews.go.com)
Europe signs off on €1.2B for homegrown cloud project (www.theregister.com)
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US and EU struggle to agree on funding for Ukraine (www.aljazeera.com)